2001 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2001 Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the USC Trojans and the Utah Utes.
| 2001 SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 10th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 25, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,894 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$800,000 per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
Game summary
The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter, with a 26-yard field goal from Ryan Kaneshiro. That would be their final score of the game. In the third quarter, USC's Sunny Byrd scored a touchdown from 2 yards out, but the extra point missed leaving the score 10–6. Utah held on to win the game over USC.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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